Latest / Sal on US 2 Eastbound: Everett to Gold Bar
Startup — Mail and Mountains
Sal: Between Startup and Gold Bar. Sal: This is the upper Skykomish Valley. Pioneer F. M. Sparling homesteaded the area in the 1880s, and after he married in 1889 he sold his claim to William Wait. Wait filed a townsite plat on March 22, 1890, naming the settlement Wallace. The name proved troublesome: mail for the town kept going by mistake to Wallace, Idaho. Sal: In 1901 the town changed its name to Startup, to honor George G. Startup, the manager of the Wallace Lumber Company. Peggy: Changing the name of the whole town just to stop the post office from sending your letters to Idaho. Sal…
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